Lavender Cookie Bars

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tbsp culinary lavender
• lavender fruit jam
• walnuts or pecans

Procedures

1. Mix butter and cream cheese together in mixer until blended well.
2. cream in sugar.
3. Mix in egg, flour and lavender until well blended together.
4. Pat dough onto lightly greased jelly roll pan (15½ x 10½).
5. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
6. Do not brown top.
7. Spread top of warm cookie base with lavender fruit jam and sprinkle with nuts.
8. Cut into bars while warm.